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Podcasts, Loneliness, and One-Sided Parasocial Fans
from Little Anna Army · #39
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1 minTim and Ray riff on how podcast listeners form one-sided relationships with hosts, comparing it to loneliness and deciding hugs are the solution for awkward fans.
- 4:12In the age of podcasts, people get lonely and develop one-sided relationships with hosts they listen to but never talk back to.
- 4:43Podcast listeners become so accustomed to one-sided interaction that they struggle when meeting the host in person and trying to have actual conversation.
- 5:05Tim describes the awkwardness: fans are so used to the one-sided dynamic that you have to hug them and then push them away to set boundaries.